A dead rat was found in the mid-day meal at a government-run primary school in Jamla village, Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar district, just before the food was to be served to the students on Wednesday, officials said.
The incident took place at the Jamla Adarsh Primary School and the government has ordered an inquiry. Congress MLA from Mansa constituency Amit Chaudhary, who rushed to the village, said: “When a teacher took out the food for tasting before serving it to students, he noticed the rat.”
The food is supplied to government-run primary schools by NGO Akshay Patra.